Tag: War of Independence

“Wrongly maligned, the only Hessian monster may be the fictional headless one of Sleepy Hollow.” The dominant spirit… that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander in chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of…

“The future first president’s famous boat ride was immortalized in an iconic 22-foot-wide painting entitled ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’. Almost as interesting as the actual feat itself is the story behind the artwork.” PERHAPS THE MOST celebrated moment of George Washington’s…

Happy July 4th to all of Military History Now’s American readers (and there sure are a lot of you!). In honour of the United States’ 237th birthday, we thought we’d re-blog an item from June of 2012. Up the rebels!…

From the MHN Archives

“A number of innovators throughout history who developed early versions of some of today’s more revolutionary fighting machines.” JAN ZIZKA, a 15th century Czech military leader who led a rebellion against the powerful Catholic Church, was a brilliant commander in…Read …